Pleasure railway car



Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,218

J. A. MILLER FLEASURE RAILWAY CAR Filed Feb. 24. 1927 Patented Jan. 17; 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

101m A. MILLER, or nomnwoon, rumors PLEASURE RAILWAY CAB.

Application filed February 24, 1927. Serial No. 170,518.

invention relatesto pleasure railway cars and covers particularly supporting handie and guard structure and arrangement for facilitating and expeditingloading and unloading of the cars, forproviding convenient and secure grip support for guiding passengers toand from-the car seats and for enabling them tor retain the seats while the car is traveling, and for guiding against and protectingthe passengers from falling out at the sides of thecar when the car is rounding curves. a l y y a My improved structure and arrangement is permanent and ri id and eliminates gates, chainsbars; etc.,iwl dich require locking and unlocking operations and which may become unlocked while the car is traveling,

; supporting structure and arrangement for a canopy or shelter top for the cars which supporting structureprovides additional grip- ,ping and holding supports forQt-hepassenbringing the seats down low so that the cengers particularly when entering or leaving a car. ,i On the drawings:

Figure lis a side elevational view and Fig 2 is a sectional view on plane 2-2 iofFig. 1.

i i The body; otthe car shown comprises side beams or 11310 and 11 connected together by cross beams 12 and theifront and end walls 13 and 14. The car is mounted on suitable wheel structures 15 over which extend therunning boards 16 and 17.

front of the body. Each seat structure comof the cushioned seat being such that the passengers may comfortably place their feet on the floor 18. boards 16 and 17 lead to the aisles 25ihetween the seats, the floor 18 being below the top surfaces 01. the running-boards, thus ter of gravity of the car is correspondingly low to insure safety.

Heretofore, gates, chains, bars, and other detachable ormovable meanshave been provided forpreventing the passengers from My invention also contemplates improved the car takes'sudden The cross beams 12 support the floor 1.8 at the The stepping or running.

falling laterally out of the carat the ends ing andunloadin and which will prevent passengers from out of the car when curves. To carry out my invention, I pro-- vlde handle and guard structures 26 and 26 opposlte the ends of each aisle and spaced away from the seat endstoleave entrance and exit passageways 27 and 27 respectivelyof sufficient width to permit passengers to easily, and readily move longitudinally alongthe runningboards to andfrom the transverse aisles between; the seats. The

' handle bar and guard structures willthen prevent'the passengers from toppling or an, mg out of the car from the ends oi the aisles. In the particular arrangement shown the upper end sections 28 and 28' of the back .of each seat structure are extended laterally beyond the seat side and form supports for the handle and guard structure 26 and 26 which as shown maybe bent from metal bar or pipe and comprising the. upper horizontally extending section a and the diagonally extending lower or hracesection b, the ends ofthe sect ons being secured to a base plate or frame 29 bolted or secured to the extensions 28, 28. The structures a b extend the full width of the transverse aisles and ma extend a distance beymuh and be tween t em and the seat sides are found the longitudinal passageways27, 27 above re ferred to as leadingto the transverse aisles. Passengers enter at one side of a car and leave at the other Where the car travels beips or travels around tween loading and unloading platforms and the passengers can readily move along the running hoards in the passageways 2 and 27 to or from the aisles 25 and can support and guide themselves by the handle strucends 30 or the handle bars are gradually rounded orslanted oil so as not to interfere with the entrance or leaving of passengers to and from the seats during loading and unloading of the cars. The handle bars 30 make it difiieult for a passenger to bring himself to the erect position when the car is traveling and even should he do so the guard structures 26, 26 at the ends of the aisles will give him support and prevent his falling from the car at the ends of the aisles. As these handle bars and guard structuresare rigid and permanently secured, loading and unloading of a car is facilitated and expedited and considerable time saved and there is no danger of looks or movable or adjustable securing means becoming un- .fastened as was the case where movable gates, chains, bars or the like were used.

I also provide a canopy or shelter top 32 supported on side posts 31 and front and rear osts 36 and 37 respectively. The side and rontposts may extend from support-' ing bases 33 fastened to the running board of the car and the side posts may be firmly secured to the extensions 28 and 28 by means of cleats 34. The rear post may be supported in a bracket 38 secured to the back of the rear seat. The front post 36 may be secured to the dash structure (Z and as shown, it extends through the top board 39, between which top board and the canopy extends the windshield 35. This windshield may be a glazed frame or may be a flexible structure of transparent material such as celluloid.

The rear seat does not have extensions 28 and 28, and at the front of the car the extensions 28 and 28' are at the ends of the dash'structure and support the guard structures 26.

The side posts extend upwardly from the outer edge oi the running boards so that the canopy may overhang the, ends of the seat a considerable distance so as to ailord ample shelter particularly against rain without need of side curtains. The posts will assist passengers in entering or leaving a car by affording secure holds. The canopy is sufiiciently low to prevent passengers from standing upright and it will prevent passengers from being hurled or jumping vertically from the car.

Having described my invention, I claim as follows:-

1. In a pleasure railway car, the combination of a body having running boards along its sides, transverse seats on said body, and combined handle and guard structures supported over said running boards to extend across the spaces between the seats and at a distance away from the seat ends to provide passageways from the running boards to the spaces between the seats.

2. In a pleasurerailway car, the combination of a support body, cross seats thereon, running boards along the sides of the bod and stationary supporting brackets exten ing from the backsof the seats across the spaces between the seats and a suflicient distancc outside of the seat ends to provide passageway from the running board to the spaces between the seats.

3. In a pleasure railway car, the combination of a car body, cross seats on said body, running boards at the sides of said body adjacent to the seat ends, each seat comprising end walls and a rear Wall, the rear walls of each seat being extended at its ends to vform supporting extensions, and handle and guard structures secured to said supporting extensions and extending across the spaces between the seats.

4. In a pleasure railway car, the combination ofa car body, a row of transversely extending seats thereon, and guard structures supported at the ends ofeach seat and extending rearwardly thereof to shut oif direct passage to and from the spaces between the seats, said supporting structures being 7 spaced laterally away from the seat ends to provide passageways to the spaces-between the seats.

5. Ina pleasure railway vehicle, the combination of a body part having running boards extending along the sides thereof, seats extending transversely of said body between said running boards, supports extending laterally from the ends of said seats, grip guard structures rigidly secured to and extending rearwardly from said supports to overhang said running boards outside of the passageways between the seats and spaced from'the ends of the seats to leave passageway for the ing or leaving the seats.

6. In a pleasure railway vehicle, the compassengers enter-' 7 bination of a body part having running boards along the sides thereof, seats extend ing transversely from said body parts be tween said running boards, supporting extensions on the ends of said seats overhanging said. running boards, guard and hand rails rigidly'secured to said supporting extensions and extending rearwardly past the ends of the spaces between the seats and spaced from the ends of the seats to leave passageway for passengers entering or leavmg the seats, posts secured to said sup orting extensions and being spaced away rom the ends of the seats, a shelter topcarried by said posts, said posts afiording additional hold and support for the passengers of the seats but spaced away from the seat ends vehicle. to leave passageways foripassengers enter- 7. In a leasure railwaycar, the combina-' in or leaving the car. 1 tion of a ody part, seats extending transgm witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 5 versely on said body part, and guard rail my name this 17th day of February, 1927.

structures rigidly secured on said body part i opposite the endsof the spaces between said JOHN A. MILLER. 

